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Geographic Locations > Islands > Atlantic Islands > Azores
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > Atlantic Islands > Azores
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > Atlantic Islands > Azores

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Azores  

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  • A group of nine islands and several islets belonging to Portugal in the north Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. The islands are named after the acores, the Portuguese for goshawks, living there in abundance. (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p102 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p42)

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CP7B98N6-5

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